One of Wayne Weaver's best friends in the NFL is Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys owner.

As Jones sees it, Weaver's decision to sell the Jaguars to Shad Khan is a good thing for the NFL.

"I had known him before, I knew him because of his interest in the NFL," Jones said of Khan. "He wanted to become an owner in the NFL. He without question comes in as one of our most financially qualified owners. In short, this was not a stretch for him to buy the team and he, in my view, does not have the team in any leveraged position financially. It’s him and his family."

"… He’s obviously very passionate about football and very passionate about the NFL and I know that to be the case. I think as much as we thought of Wayne Weaver and the job he did coming in and doing a lot of the heavy lifting on an expansion franchise, he’s done the NFL an outstanding service by selling to a very qualified future owner."

I asked Jones about the financial disputes that arose this time last year when Khan was in play to buy the St. Louis Rams. Jones said those matters -- a dispute with the IRS and a business dispute -- were not things that said anything about his financial credibility.

"The bottom line is they were not issues regarding his financial credibility, they were just issues," Jones said. "He has since, to the league’s satisfaction, resolved the issue with the IRS dispute over whether tax shelters were workable or not, and that's just common practice. The other thing is just a business dispute."